Garden City Shopping Centre is a 285,000 square-foot shopping center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The mall consists of 75 stores and 11 restaurants on a single level. The local landmark has been a hub for the community since being built in 1970 and even though much has changed since then, the mall is still growing.

“The shiny new renovations, which began in November 2016, have already started to make a big impact,” says Olga Kort, marketing coordinator with mall management company RioCan.

The redesign was focused on transforming the mall into a fresh, modern and airy space that both provided customers and tenants with an elevated shopping experience and better served the needs of the local community.

The design direction played upon the ‘garden’ theme, making the Coral and Floral pendants from designer David Trubridge a perfect choice for the project. The mall features a number of large 20’ x 20’ x 40’ coffered ceiling atriums throughout the space and lighting these areas is a feature element of the new design. Not only are the fixtures floral-like organic forms, but they also come in different colors and sizes large enough not to get lost in a building of this scale.

The fixtures play an iconic role as the light clusters are found throughout the mall. Each cluster is made up of pendants of different sizes and finishes, with each area being a unique composition. While the majority are repeated in every second ceiling coffer, the clusters can also be found in the food court. The ‘pièce de résistance’ is located in the center court where the largest composition is suspended.

The fixtures are a central showcase of the renovated shopping mall that changes depending on the time of day. During daylight hours the fixtures are bathed in natural light under three skylights drawing attention as sculptural elements. In the evening, once illuminated, they cast dramatic shadows on the ceiling.